India ended up losing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 by a margin of 3-1 against Australia. The Aussies reclaimed the BGT for the first time after 2015 and once again proved why the side is so dominant at home. The Australian bowlers completely exposed the Indian batting lineup and gave them a reality check of their batting technique. India were knocked out of the World Test Championship whereas Australia will be playing the final against South Africa.
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Sunil Gavaskar ‘Unhappy’ With Cricket Australia
As the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is named after legendary cricketers Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar. It was Border who presented the trophy to the victorious Australian team, however, Gavaskar expressed his anger on not being invited to hand over the trophy. Speaking to CODE Sports ‘little master’ stated that he would have been happy if he was allowed to give the trophy to the Australian team along with Allan Border.
He said, “I certainly would have loved to have been there for the presentation. After all, it is the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and it is about Australia and India. I mean, I am here on the ground. To me, it should not matter that Australia won when it comes to the presentation. They played better cricket so they won. That’s fine. Just because I am an Indian. I would have been happy to present the trophy with my good friend Allan Border.”
Now, Cricket Australia have reacted to Sunil Gavaskar’s statement and have admitted that the former Indian captain wasn’t in his plans to hand over the trophy to the Australian team. However, their statement also added that if the Indian team had won the series, then only Gavaskar would have been given the opportunity to hand over the winning trophy to Team India.
Cricket Australia Reacts To Sunil Gavaskar’s Comments
As per Cricbuzz, the statement read, “We acknowledge it would have been preferable if both AB and Sunil had been asked to go on stage. The plan was that if India won Sunil would present and Allan Border would present to Australia.”
